I want to first let the people who actually do like "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" know something. I like Stallone as an actor and I always found Estelle Getty to be funny and entertaining.
This review is because, I saw the movie in 1992 and I didn't enjoy it.
If anyone else loves the movie, that's great. ...but, We ALL can't like the same things.
Everyone has a right to an opinion, it shouldn't make you mad that someone's is the opposite of yours. Some like this movie and others don't. It's that way with ALL movies, TV shows and music too.
Even if I give it 10 stars, then those who rate it less will take it personally. This is just my opinion, an opinion is not a FACT ... I never said I was right.
Now the review :
In 1993, Stallone's career began to waver a bit. His action films were getting predictable and having seen both of these, his attempts at comedy were just as lacking.
(Not trying to be mean, it's just how I feel about it.)
I saw this film at the $1 theatre I went to, as it had gone from larger theaters to cheap in a very short time. Just like "Oscar" I waited for a situation to build up into something funny or hilarious and it just never panned out to any really great humor.
The idea of Estelle Getty being an overprotective Mother to a big tough cop should have been a very easy idea to make into a comedy. I can only term the way the actors brought across their humor as , flat.
Just one scene made me laugh. Mom fixes her son breakfast and serves him about 4 or 5 different things at once. This later gives him indigestion and he's guzzling Pepto-Bismol and his buddy asks, " **** what did you have for breakfast?! "
Stallone: "Eggs, bacon, sausage , pancakes, Cocoa Puffs (etc...)"
Estelle Getty was not even funny here, which was very disappointingg, as she was non stop funny on The Golden Girls. Maybe she was trying 'too' hard not to be Sophia Petrillo. I'm not faulting her, but I know she was good at comedy.
I hate to say it but 2 stars, for at least making me laugh once.
With all due respect... I still salute the wonderful memory of Estelle Getty . (RIP)
This review is because, I saw the movie in 1992 and I didn't enjoy it.
If anyone else loves the movie, that's great. ...but, We ALL can't like the same things.
Everyone has a right to an opinion, it shouldn't make you mad that someone's is the opposite of yours. Some like this movie and others don't. It's that way with ALL movies, TV shows and music too.
Even if I give it 10 stars, then those who rate it less will take it personally. This is just my opinion, an opinion is not a FACT ... I never said I was right.
Now the review :
In 1993, Stallone's career began to waver a bit. His action films were getting predictable and having seen both of these, his attempts at comedy were just as lacking.
(Not trying to be mean, it's just how I feel about it.)
I saw this film at the $1 theatre I went to, as it had gone from larger theaters to cheap in a very short time. Just like "Oscar" I waited for a situation to build up into something funny or hilarious and it just never panned out to any really great humor.
The idea of Estelle Getty being an overprotective Mother to a big tough cop should have been a very easy idea to make into a comedy. I can only term the way the actors brought across their humor as , flat.
Just one scene made me laugh. Mom fixes her son breakfast and serves him about 4 or 5 different things at once. This later gives him indigestion and he's guzzling Pepto-Bismol and his buddy asks, " **** what did you have for breakfast?! "
Stallone: "Eggs, bacon, sausage , pancakes, Cocoa Puffs (etc...)"
Estelle Getty was not even funny here, which was very disappointingg, as she was non stop funny on The Golden Girls. Maybe she was trying 'too' hard not to be Sophia Petrillo. I'm not faulting her, but I know she was good at comedy.
I hate to say it but 2 stars, for at least making me laugh once.
With all due respect... I still salute the wonderful memory of Estelle Getty . (RIP)